Cooperative Systems Workshop and Product Launch Event

Creation date: 16 December 2008

The CVIS project Consortium organized on 10 & 11 December, in Berlin, a two-day event that included a series of presentations on the current milestones achieved and a live demonstration of Europe’s first universal platform for vehicle-to-infrastructure communication and services.

The CVIS project has designed, developed, and now tested the technologies that enable drivers to interact directly with local traffic management systems, and receive recommendations on the best route to their destination.This project, co-funded by the European Union and coordinated by ERTICO-ITS Europe, has created a mobile router with multiple communication interfaces, innovative positioning techniques and supporting services for the development of application software.

At the workshop industry experts and Public Authorities presented a clear and detailed overview of the core technologies and applications that the cooperative systems platform has developed and the state of the art of the policy framework and the roadmap implementation for cooperative systems in the Netherlands. This country is the first in Europe to develop a policy towards the use of cooperative systems to address challenges such as congestion, environmental sustainability and road safety.

Participants to the workshop and media representatives could participate directly in the static and mobile demonstration of CVIS technology and applications. The demonstration included:

·        Short- and medium-range vehicle-infrastructure communication

·        Advanced positioning techniques

·        Examples of cooperative mobility applications.

In-car driver aids such as navigation systems have proved to be both reliable and increasingly popular. However, even the most effective vehicle-based system could benefit further if additional information were available thanks to cooperative systems.Vehicles and infrastructure sharing real-time traffic information would improve transport safety and efficiency and help reduce CO2 emissions.
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